reverberate
verb/rɪˈvɜːbəreɪt/
/rɪˈvɜːrbəreɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they reverberate | /rɪˈvɜːbəreɪt/ /rɪˈvɜːrbəreɪt/ |
| he / she / it reverberates | /rɪˈvɜːbəreɪts/ /rɪˈvɜːrbəreɪts/ |
| past simple reverberated | /rɪˈvɜːbəreɪtɪd/ /rɪˈvɜːrbəreɪtɪd/ |
| past participle reverberated | /rɪˈvɜːbəreɪtɪd/ /rɪˈvɜːrbəreɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form reverberating | /rɪˈvɜːbəreɪtɪŋ/ /rɪˈvɜːrbəreɪtɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] (of a sound) to be repeated several times as it is reflected off different surfaces synonym echo
- Her voice reverberated around the hall.
- The crash reverberated through the house.
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- [intransitive] reverberate (with/to something) (of a place) to seem to shake because of a loud noise
- The hall reverberated with the sound of music and dancing.
- [intransitive] (formal) to have a strong effect on people for a long time or over a large area
- Repercussions of the case continue to reverberate through the financial world.
Word Originlate 15th cent. (in the sense ‘drive or beat back’): from Latin reverberat- ‘struck again’, from the verb reverberare, from re- ‘back’ + verberare ‘to lash’ (from verbera (plural) ‘scourge’).
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